MABEL HOBENSHIELD Pioneer woman passes on -QNE OF TERRACE’s mast- loved, kind and gracious ladies has Iefi-us, Mabel Maric Hobenshield passed away suddenly on July 6, 1994 at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace, Mabe] Marie Hobenshield (nee Doll) was born on Dec. 14, 1899 - at Haysville, Ontario. - Her parents were Theobold and Leah Doll and she came from a family of seven children. “There were four boys — Har- | vey, Roy, Leon, Fred — and three girls —- Hilda, Mabel and . Jyene. When Mabel was old enough, ghe went to school in a little vil- ~lage schoolhouse in Haysville. «When she was 13 years old her : family moved to Verlin, Ontario « (now called Kitchener). +“ Mabel went to work for a com- - pany that owned a box factory, + and also manufactured shoes and » tres. . ‘In. 1916, Mabel’s father — Theobold Doll — and two sons left Ontario and headed west. “They stopped in Alberta and > took some land just north of Cal- ¢ gary ala place called Didsbury. The same year the rest of the : family, except for sister Hilda, followed. Mabel, then 17, and her mother and the other children arrived at Didsbury on New Year’s Eve of 1917. In the fall the men there would *fravel around from farm to farm Ihreshing, Mabel also went out looking for work, working for different peopte who ‘needed help as a housekeeper. - She left Didsbury and moved to i Py « 4 cy ‘ 4 . a oh Re Me a hae as a maid. She had moved on to a town called Okatoks, Alta, when she got word that her father had be- come very ill. -Mabel returned back home to the farm to help her. mother with the work. _ It was while she was al home that she met her-husband, Tony Hobenshield. “Tony had come to their farm to help: work during the threshing season. : At that time, both Tony and Mabel’s brothers had become ill with diptheria, so Mabel had to nurse .beth. Her father had fixed up the grainery for them to be in. '; Later, wehn Tony was feeling “better, he left the farm to go and stay with his cousin in Brooks, ‘Alta. , - Because he had been nursed. so well by Mabel, he returned the é : . . ‘following year to help again at charvesting time. They fell in love, and Mabel ‘Marie Doll and Anton iHobenshield were married on 2Oct. 24, 1921 at Olds, Alberta. ‘Tony later went to work at a ‘place west of Didsbury and they ‘were given a house to live in ‘there. ‘In 1923, Harvey Doll — ‘Mabel’s brother, answered an ad ‘in the paper to go ta Woodcock, _ 'B.C. to clear land for the CNR. ‘Both Tony Hobenshield and ‘Harvey Doll came out together. «Mabel and Harvey’s family fol- ‘lowed later in 1923. + They all had travelled on the ‘train’ to come and live at Wood- “cock, on the north side of the ‘Skeena, west of Kitwanga. _ ‘Tony and Mabel first lived in a little Shack alongside the river. : While living there, Mabel would go fish and set snares for small .game to eat. ‘While there, she was asked by Tom. Moore, # foreman for the Dept of Highways, fo come and ’ work a5 a housekeeper for him in _ Kitwanga. ‘Mabel said yes —. if he could get her husband Tony a job. . ‘That he did, so in 1927 Mabel -- and Tony moved to Kitwanga to dive. | “They lived. in a tent for a few months the first summer and Mabel cooked their meals on an "old wood cook stove outside. '. They later lived in a little log cabin until they built their own “house, While living in Kitwanga, their - eight children were born. Eazl, Bud, . Vern, Lawrence, Harvey, ‘Alvin arrived between 1928 and 1938.” , "Phen in June of 1940, their twin “daughters — June and Joyce — were born. = ' Mabel had to tush to Hazelton - Hospital on the speeder driven by “George Brackenbury. In'1948, Mabel and Tony de- {ded lo move to Terrace in inter- ‘ents Of the children’s schooling. In. Terrace, they bought the Creelman place off Kalum St. at the current courthouse location. ere ee ee ee ee ee ee oe ee rae Olds, Alberta, and worked there YVONNE MOEN » ory Tony in Terrace worked at Pohle’s mill running a grader and doing maintenance work for the Highways Dept. Later he worked for the Cily of Terrace as a night watchman al the civic centre: oe Tony passed away in 1974, and two years later — on Aug. 11, 1976 — Mabel moved into the Willows Apartments next door a few months after il opened, Mabel lived there“ unlil _ her death July 6, 1994, still caring for herself at the age of 94 years. Over her years in Terrace - Theatre, and helped put on plays Mabel was very aclive in the community. She was a iifelong member. of . the CWL of Sacred Heart Parish _ and was a dedicated member of thechuych - She was involved in helpong set up the f]rst library on Kalum St. She belonged to Terrace Little with Mys. McColl. ; A 92.ycar-old Mabel and Fred ~ Berghayser represented northwest - cribbage: players at the B.C. Seniors Games in Coquitlam in 1991. oe Mabe] had taken up bowling al the age of 76 in 1975, and belonged to the Golden Ages Bowling League. She was an active member of the B,C. Old Age Pensioners As- sociation and used to be seen al the Happy Gang Centre many days a week — quilting, playing cards, or just enjoying visiting with old friends. ; Mabel was a truc pioneer — lived in a tent, fished and snared small game lo cat. She worked hard all her life, often looking after other children as well as her own. ; be sadly missed by all her family. _Straume Ave. Interment followed al the ‘Cemelery, ’ (and Marjorie), .and daughttr June Philpot in ‘children, 37 great-grandchildren, _ Olds, Alberta. Mabe] never just sal She was always busy doing many crifis, Her spirit and loving nature will long be remembered — and will Funeral service was held on July 11, 1994 at 2. p.m. at Sacred Heart | Catholic © Church. on Terrace’ Municipal Father John Massel officiated. Scriplure reading was by Mar- joric Ford, and the culogy was read by Fran Lindstrom, Mabel leaves her eight children — Earl (and Pat), Bud (and Anne), Vern (and Marie), Lawrence (and Gloria), Harvey Alvin (and Peggy), Joyce (and Clarence), Smithers. She also leaves 31 prand- and one greal-great-grandchild. Her sister, Hilda Pctria, in Strat- ford, Ont, will be LOO years old on Aug. 29. _Her brother, Harvey Doli, is 97 and lives at Terraceview Ladge. Her sister Irene, 87, lives in ‘A TRUE PIONEER, Mabel Hoben and snared small game to eat when she and her husband fipst moved to Kitwanga in 1923. “ shield lived in a tent, fished PEARS $1.30 kg BARTLETT New Crop. ‘First of the Season”. Product of USA. No. 1 Grade 09. 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